I am all in for the winter holidays now (with a brief side quest on Tuesday, November 10 to remember the Edmund Fitzgerald). I've noticed a few Halloween decorations that didn't quite make it to the storage tub yet, but they'll be all away from view soon, and the snowmen, elves, and santas will invade! Last weekend I watched Elf and The Polar Express. Last night we watched Noelle and The Christmas Chronicles, and now I'm watching Dear Santa. What are your favorite holiday movies?
This week has felt pretty darn good. Thank goodness for the blue wave at Tuesday's elections. It feels so...different... to have things go well. LOL But hopefully those with more power now at the will of the people will do what's right. There's a lot to be fought for, rights to be regained, and things that 'nice' frequently won't accomplish.
While I woke up early with good intentions, as I started opening up things I wanted to take care of on my computer, hubs came
down to invite me to join him and our son at breakfast. We were supposed to go out for dinner last night, but he never finished his garage work. And breakfast had to be early, before his flight leaves for Utah for the week, and our son needed to work on the set for his show in a couple weeks. So, blogging waited while my belly got filled.
Now I'm back. Joining in with Sunday Salon at Readerbuzz, and Sunday Post at Caffeinated Reviewer. Not gonna lie - it always feels good to write, to read what all my imaginary online friends are up to, and to save a record of my life and my family.
What I'm Reading This Week:
I just finished listening to Ring Shout by P. Djeli Clark. Hard to describe, but I really enjoyed it. I'm getting closer to the end of Mystery Play by Elizabeth Kostova and liking it a lot too. On my kindle, I'm reading Backhanded Compliments by Katie Chandler. I described it to my daughter as sort of like that popular hockey series from last year, but it's lesbian tennis players, with a supernatural twist of 'knowing' they're soulmates.
Three Good Things:
- Election day - not only is the stress and anxiety of it over with, but there was a blue wave, my school district's millage passed (by like 58 votes, I think I saw?), and so many diverse, intelligent, and kind officials elected to offices all over the country.
- I finally started my diamond art wreath, and I'm really enjoying it. I'll probably get an advent calendar that's 24 days of puzzle pieces to open, which make one giant Christmas puzzle! Hubby and I sort of share it.
- I worked eight hours of overtime yesterday! For as much overtime as I used to work, I'm really glad to now work eight hour days. And it won't hurt that they finally offered a few Saturdays of overtime and I had one of them available. Now I can spend hours dreaming about how I'll enjoy the extra money. LOL
- I feel the motivation coming to work on my office. Any minute now. I've been practicing acting like my life is how I want it to be. And I really enjoy having more space for myself and what I enjoy. So I will.
- I got advent calendars for each of the kids, but I need to order something for hubs. I also already ordered the kids' main gift, but now need to do the 'sides' and stocking stuffers. And my favorite 'to-do':
- I need to start doing posts with my own holiday wish list. The kids were great and got things I exactly asked for for my birthday, so I want to provide the same resources for Christmas. LOL
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